Code Grim Eagle

Disclaimer: I do not own the Dead or Alive series. Only the OC(s) belong to me.

Strongest Fighter in the World?! As if!


"So, what do you think so far?"

"I like what I've seen. However, I still want to see more."

"Oh, you will see more, no question about it. Isn't that why he's in the tournament in the first place?"

"True and the opponents I have in mind lined up for him will allow me to see more."

"Oh? You already have victims lined up? Devious, aren't you?"

"Like I said I want to see more before I decide to make any investment. Not to mention he'll help in dealing with some…pesky problems I have that need to be eliminated."

"Would those happen to be the Mugen Tenshin ninjas and the Super Ninja from the Hayabusa clan? And yes, I know about them."

"And if your weapon's as good as you claim then those problems of mine will no longer be an issue."

"So, you want him to kill them?"

"Would love to, but due to the fans I wouldn't want to raise red flags, so I'll settle for their broken bodies instead. If they die after…well it'll be an unfortunate accident."

"Ah, then consider your problems dealt with."

"Thank you. Now if you excuse me, I have a company and a tournament to run. We'll be in touch."

Christie came out of the bathroom of her apartment, her body wrapped in a towel. Not long after she went to her room to dress up and came out in a white tank top and black shorts before making her way to the living where she saw her pet panther Misha relaxing on the carpet. She playfully pets the big cat on the head with the panther purring like a kitten in satisfaction. She got settled in her couch and turned on her laptop.

While she already had a target to kill for her client, said client had also paid her to keep tabs on a certain man that had gotten his interest. Grim Eagle, the man she'd seen in that underground fighting tournament and is now competing in this one. Why her client was interested in this man she didn't care about, but she did find the freestyle fighter interesting.

The man's a ninja for one which was shown after winning his match against Zack, which got the interest of the Mugen Tenshin and Hayabusa ninjas. He obviously wasn't one of theirs, most likely a rouge ninja like that kunoichi Kasumi.

The man was a killer like her…no, a monster created and sent to deal with other monsters with what she saw in his eyes, rabid eyes full of controlled bloodlust and rage only waiting for when it's to be unleashed. Not only was he a monster he was a damned efficient one at that which she could see in his movements and demeanor that clearly showed constant awareness and no screwing around.

After all he destroyed the bug she planted on him at that club.

This dangerous efficiency also translated to his fighting style as she'd witnessed. No wasted moves, savage power and ruthless precision on offense and defence all with that same controlled bloodlust and rage, all with clearly one goal: utter decimation of whoever is unfortunate enough to be in his crosshairs.

Crosshairs Christie obviously wants to not be in. Or does she? Removing such thoughts from her mind she continued working on her laptop looking for any info on Grim Eagle and finding nothing again.

'What makes you tick? I intend to find out one way or another.' The assassin thought.

Funny enough Grim had another fight tonight with his opponent being Leon and from what she saw of the man, he wasn't that special. As far as she was concerned he was another sacrificial lamb being fed to the monster.

Oh well it'll be interesting to watch the upcoming beatdown and find out what more she can learn about Grim Eagle.

Leon walked inside a local shooting gallery and went to the front desk. He showed his id permit to have a gun, the attendant gave him a head set and a limited supply of ammo. He took them and went to the shooting gallery. He saw a few people shooting the targets practicing their shooting skills before ignoring them to reach his assigned station and prepare his gun ready to shoot the incoming targets.

As he was shooting down multiple targets in succession and decent accuracy he was thinking about his upcoming opponent, the young man who annihilated Zack with incredible ease, Grim Eagle. The mercenary wasn't impressed as all he saw was a powerful counter puncher with decent head movement, accuracy and footwork. He highly doubted that the Freestyle fighter could handle him, the strongest fighter in the world, Leon. He was going to show the young upstart how outmatched he was in the tournament. The brat only got lucky against that jester Zack.

'How unfortunate for him to take on the strongest fighter in the world.' Leon thought as he resumed hitting targets.

Grim was in a local gym in Tokyo hitting the heavy bag in preparation for his next fight. He'd already done so road work aka jogging around in the morning, followed by some push ups and chin ups before coming to the gym.

His opponent Leon was a Sambo practitioner and an assassin just like Christie and Bayman. Grim didn't give a damn about their reasons for being in the tournament as he was determined to beat them all anyways to win it.

As for Leon, Grim was prepared for his opponent's Sambo as sparring matches with Boss Red who was also skilled in the same style as well as other ones had gotten the young Dutch Black Ops operative used to that style and other grappling styles especially Judo, Jujitsu, Greco Roman and Freestyle Wrestling. If he could handle what Boss Red threw at him then he has no problem with whatever Leon would.

After finishing his workout, he left the gym and made his way down the street to his apartment. As he exited he sighed as he sensed a familiar presence again.

'They should know when to quit.' Grim sighed as he continued walking.

Landing on a building Ayane watched the Grim Eagle continue moving around with no fucks given. She'd been following him for a while and hasn't been able to find anything useful at all. All she's got is that he's a ninja and nothing else. This was making the idea of him being a rogue becoming more credible, but she still needed to be sure.

How was she going to get more information about this guy when he was doing a good job of keeping more secrets than the one he let be known? Well luckily for her she got someone to help in that regard. Grim was now on the building across from her confronting that rogue kunoichi Kasumi.

"Once again I catch you trying to spy on me, Orangey Kunoichi." Kasumi wearing her white kunoichi outfit jumped as she spun around to see Grim himself standing a good distance behind her instead of back on the ground, "You've got to be pretty shitty at this spy game if I'm easily detecting you."

"My name is Kasumi and I'd prefer it if you address me as that instead." Kasumi said.

"Sure Kasumi. So why the shitty spy game then?" Grim asked.

"Please drop out of this tournament." Kasumi said, making Grim raise an eyebrow, "You have no idea what you're getting into."

Grim stayed silent as she continued, "If you continue advancing there'll be no turning back for you."

Grim just drew out his Glock 17 and began firing at Kasumi. The kunoichi responded, drawing out her tanto and deflecting the shots that came her way. A break in the barrage soon came and Kasumi immediately closed the gap and swung her tanto, only to be blocked by Grim's combat knife. While they were in a deadlock He then aimed his Glock 17 under Kasumi's chin.

"Who the hell are you to order me around? Are you some authority when it comes to the tournament? 'Cos if I can remember it's DOATEC that's organizing the tournament not you." Grim stated angrily. "Oh, by the way there's still one bullet left in the chamber." He added as he pressed his gun under her chin.

Kasumi looked at Grim sadly and vanished in petals before reappearing across from him while Grim quickly reloaded his gun, with his combat knife staying in ready position.

"This is for your own good. If you continue on…you'll only-"

"I believe I've heard enough from you Kasumi."

Kasumi sighed after the interruption.

"I got invited to the DOA 3 tournament and I accepted on my own volition." Grim stated, "Since I've already moved past the point of no return I don't intend to back off just because someone doesn't want me in it." He aimed his pistol at Kasumi while his cold gaze stayed on her. "I don't care who gets in my way, I will run right through them to get to my objective which in this case is to win this tournament. I don't care how powerful you, the other ninjas or anyone else involved in the tournament are, I'll go through you all to win."

Kasumi looked on with sad eyes after hearing Grim's statement. It was clear. He wasn't backing down.

"I see. You're set on this."

"Damn well am. Now if you'll excuse me I'll be leaving. I have a match later today." With that Grim vanished in a torrent of black fire. Kasumi looked on at the spot where he was.

"Then so be it." Kasumi then heard someone land a few feet behind her and looked over her shoulder to see someone familiar.

"So, what's got you so interested in the new kid on the block?" Ayane asked.

"I could ask you the same thing Ayane since you've been following him ever since his arrival." Kasumi responded. "Wait, could it be that you like him?"

Ayane face faulted before getting up pissed as hell. "Baka! I don't like him at all! What gave you that idea?!"

Kasumi grinned in amusement at the other kunoichi's reaction. "Really?! Could have fooled me."

Christie was driving in her white Porsche on her way to upcoming match. From what she'd been hearing on the radio, everyone's been interested in the new guy Grim Eagle after his annihilation of Zack in the first round of the tournament. Christie chuckled at that. They did not know anything about that man. The same could be said for her if not for the fact she'd met him more than once with that time ending in a close call for her and one she'd rather not recall.

Christie wanted to feel sorry for Leon as that mercenary was in for it when he fought Grim, but she didn't give a fuck about him so no she didn't feel sorry for him. Leon was going to get destroyed.

Christie soon arrived at the location of the fight and parked at a nearby parking lot. The venue being a junction in Downtown Tokyo which had been barricaded all over and was crowded by a lot of people. She got out of her car and looked for a better view of the fight.

At Downtown Tokyo, the main junction there was crowded as another match of the next round was about to commence. The cameras were rolling, and the fans were cheering expecting to see another exciting match. The other fight contestants arrived and mingled through the crowd or stayed in places with better views or watched from somewhere else entirely. The crowd cheered when they saw the two fighters stepping up facing each other Grim wearing a grey sweat suit and red and black sneakers while Leon wore his desert camo attire.

"Glad you didn't bail out because of what I did to Zack." Grim Eagle said.

Leon scoffed in response. "I'm different from that jester. I'm much better than him. I'm the strongest fighter in the world so it's you who should be forfeiting."

Grim immediately began laughing hysterically, much to Leon's annoyance and the crowd's confusion. He then stopped and grinned maliciously at his opponent. "Wow! I've never laughed like that in like…ever. You the strongest fighter in the world?! You Leon are a fucking comedian. Newsflash for you, I know people at the top of my head that can wipe the floor with you with ease." Grim then got into his Southpaw fighting stance. "One of them being yours truly."

"Hmph. Don't be surprised at how it ends for you." Leon says getting into his own stance.

"I won't be since I already know how it ends." Grim deadpanned, "With you being destroyed."

Get ready…FIGHT!

Leon charges in with a body punch but Grim intercepts with a leg kick that knocks Leon off his feet. Grim lets Leon stand to his feet and connects again by another hard leg kick. Leon backs off while Grim stalks him towards the barriers. Leon rushes in with a straight but gets hit by a cross counter followed by two hooks and another leg kick that that puts Leon down again. Once again Grim lets his opponent stand back up again. Backed against the barriers Leon settles for trying to counter. He's unable to get any as Grim pot shots him with 1-2s to his face or a straight to the body while avoiding the return fire. Leon catches a leg kick this time and tries to drive in for a takedown, but Grim immediately threatens with a high angle guillotine choke forcing the sambo fighter to abandon that and pop his head free from the submission attempt.

Grim continues pressuring Leon and keeps peppering away with 1-2s. Leon charges in with two hooks but misses and gets hit by two hooks to the body and Grim tops off that combo with a hard lead hook that drops Leon on his ass as he tried to clinch. Grim moves in and begins dropping hammer fists which Leon manages to defend against. He tries for a scissors sweep from the bottom, but Grim stops that and moves away while motioning for him to get up.

Leon throws a rolling sobat but Grim back steps away from it before stepping back in while shaking his head. Angered Leon rushes in with a haymaker but Grim ducks under it and catches him by surprise with a big double leg takedown landing in side control. Grim lands an elbow and instantly busts Leon's head open. The crowd gasps seeing him bleeding except for Christie who's enjoying it. He continues with a barrage of elbows and punches before Leon gets separation and muscles his way back to his feet.

"Still want to keep going? I can do this all day." Grim taunts with a sadistic grin.

Pissed off at how easily he's been manhandled so far Leon just roars and charges in blindly with hooks and uppercuts only to hit nothing as a grinning Grim just lunged back from them. He then dodges another wild swing and interrupts Leon with a cross counter knocking the Sambo fighter on his face and following up with ground and pound. Leon still somehow coherent tries to go for a rolling kneebar from his turtled position but the Freestyle fighter's having none of it and denies it before resuming the beatdown. Leon then muscles his way back to his feet and out of grasp.

Leon's face was now a bloody, swollen mess; his right eye swollen shut, busted lip, and a huge gash on his forehead.

Grim pointed at his opponent's face and taunted, "Now that's a masterpiece! Da Vinci will be jealous!" That elicited some laughs from the crowd and pissed off the Sambo fighter.

Leon growls and rushes in with a punch, but Grim counters and drops him with a check hook. He sighed at how pathetic the Sambo fighter looked, getting bored of dragging out the beating. "Seriously just stop. This is starting to get ridiculous. You are too slow; your attacks are telegraphed from miles away and too easy to counter." His look then turned deadly serious, "Just quit now while you're ahead or this will get really ugly."

"No…" Leon said getting to his feet ignoring the pain all over his body especially his lead leg and face. "I will defeat you and prove to Roland that I am indeed the strongest fighter in the world!"

Grim sighed again. "What a pity. Fine, have it your way."

Suddenly a fist connects on Leon's messed up face, the crowd in awe at the speed of the strike while Grim had a cold look on his face as his foe staggered back. He then followed up with a merciless barrage of punches on his outclassed opponent. Some of the crowd cried out begging for the beat down to end while some cheered on enjoying the brutality of it all. A few of the fighters such as Hitomi, Kasumi, Lei Fang and Zack couldn't bear it; Christie and Bayman enjoyed every bit of it while the others showed no emotion.

One last punch connected and snapped Leon's head back before he slouched over unmoving. Grim scoffed and walked up to Leon, looked him over and then pushed his head with his left hand resulting in Leon falling to the ground out cold. Seeing that the man was still breathing, Grim shrugged and then walked away from the defeated man while the crowd looked on in silence.

WINNER!

Grim looked back at Leon and hissed in annoyance.

"Strongest Fighter in the world?! As if! Most delusional one fits you best. Jackass!" He said before vanishing in a torrent of flames just as medics rushed in to attend to the unconscious Leon.


Chapter 4 End.

Grim Eagle showed that he can be just as dangerous on the offense as he is on the defense, his sadism in a fight and that he has no problem beating his opponent to a bloody pulp, especially after giving them a way out.

Grim's taunts

"Look at you!"- Grim points and grins at his opponent letting them know how pathetic they are.

"Come at me."- Grim spreads his arms wide, beckoning his opponent to come at him.

"Get your ass up!" (Only on a knocked down opponent)- Grim beckons with one hand for his opponent to get to their feet from the ground.